The Portland daily press., 1887-07-29
THE chAUTAuQUANs.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale Tells the
lStory of Washington's Life.
The Best Method of Studying the
Bible.
Rev. MIR. Cerrish Lectures on the
Battle of Gettysburg.
Especial TO the Press.l


At the C. L. S. G. round table yesterday.
conducted by Rev. K. e. Hale, the class of
1887 voted to make Rev. Asa Dalton, D. D.,
an honorary member of their class. To the
question, how the G. L. S. G. might afford
diversion in village life, DR.. Hale recon-
mended the plan of another club, that of
taking some subject-Venice for instance
selecting music, readings, ETC., on that topic
for the evenings entertainment In this
way pleasure and profit would be supplied
for the winter evenings.
The w. C. T. U. held conferences yester-
day and today, under Miss Tobey and Mrs.
Stevens.
Saturday is to be temperance day, and
Miss Mary A. Woodbridge of Ohio will be
present and give an address.
Wednesday evening the exercises were
opened by the singing of the Doxology, and
prayer by Rev. Theodore Gerrish of Bidde-
ford.
REV. &c. e. HALE
then spoke ON the "Human Washington" I"
The tendency of the last 70 years, he said,
has been to lift George Washington out of
the range of ordinary men. There were
political, national and sectional reasons for
lifting him above other men of his time.
Some time ago, being on committee to edit
Washington's letters, l said If we are to
print two volumes of these letters let us do
it just as they stand, spelling and all, and
the chairman of the committee said II
think the time has about come when we can
afford to tell the truth about George Wash
inyton Having had ooeasS IN thaca lattarc
| can say there is more material for the his
tory of his life than for any other life in the
last century, unless it be that of Franklin's.
There are diaries for fifty years and copies
of most of his letters.
At the time of the Revolution Washington
was undoubtedly the richest man in Ameri-
ca. Mt. Vernon was most elegant house
in its time. Washington was always true to
the people and for fifteen years represented
his country in the legislature. When the
Continental Congress assembled. Washing
ton went in his old blue and buff uniform,
showing that ne thought the time had come
for action. / think that uniform made him
commander of the American army. lie
kne no language but his own and smat-
ter.lg of French and Indian, but L estimate
highly his knowledge Of men. He had been
providentally trained for war. 1t is charac-
teristic of great man to know great thing
from little one. Always ready to sacrifice
himself to his country he was fit for his post
because he never thought of himself. He
made himself of nc. reputation; this which
was said of the leader of us all is the best
that can be said of any of us.
THURSDAY.
At $50 morning prayers were conducted
by Rev. A. j. Rackliffe, Sk0whegan.
AtS.00 O'Clock, eleventh normal hour, Rev.
A. I. Dunn. Subject: Teachers during the
week.
at $50, chorus rehearsal, Prof. Morse.
Miss Josie Cochrane. of Boston, whose SER
vices as solOiSt have been sot Ired for next
Mondays concert, arrives tomorrow morn
ing.
Berry. Subject: How to study the Bible.
read the Bible. l. For literary merit
2. AS guide to conduct 3. Standard of doc
trine. 4. Revelation of future life.
AT IL a. m.
REV. A. E. DUNNING,
of Boston. the Principal of the Chautauqua
Normal Union, came before the audience to
define the Principles of Instruction. The
effects of teaching are produced by causes !;
if we know the causes we can produce the
effects. The laws of communication of
knowledge are as exact as the laws of nature.
rhe uneducated think Of lightning with ter
ror. The educated, knowing its law,
control it and by its agency send messages.
Every man has his own way of presenting
these principles of teaching, some give more,
some less. I-"Adaptation. Teaching
must be suited to the needs of the scholar.
The first secret is to be interested in the pu-
pill, Truth must be aadpted, to age, to intel
lectual condition, TO- social surrounding, to
moral character These differ greatly in
every individual character.
Mr.. Mccall said there is no conscience in
France to appeal to; therefore the truth
must be presented in a different way. We
opment we have to deal with. Every lesson
taught with best success is with the full
knowledge of each scholar.
1.-THE Law of Cooperation" Teacher
and scholar must work together. You do
not teach half as much as you think you do.
to be taught, must be clearly and concisely
stated. Lack of this: Q), because we are SO
familiar with what we teach, as a brakeman
in calling stations; ~, lack of familiarity
with the subject. You must ask for what
you want in questions. Be careful in embel-
fishing the Scripture stories. If Sunday
school teachers were more exact in teaching
doctrines there would be less trouble n the0-
logical seminaries.
IV.-"The Law of system''-Truth to be
taught must be presented in an orderly man
ner. Begin with the known, proceed to the
uncommon and maintain spiritual unity.
V.-"The Law of Illustration -Illustra-
tion should be used only to make the truth
more clear, forcible and impressive.
VI "Reyiew"-Truth to be taught must
be frequently repeated.
Variety"-Truth to be taught must
be presented in different forms.
This afternoon Rev. Theodore Gerrish
gave his lecture on 1.-THE Battle Of Gettvs-
burg' an old yet ever new subject. The
speaker gave his personal knowledge of the
battle in his own spirited way and the au-
dience showed their appreciation by frequent
applause.
At the W. c. T., U. conference Miss E. S.
Toberg, State Superintendent of Massachu-
sets, spoke on Social Purity
Mr.. Dunning answered questions at the
round table to-day.
This evening at 7.3O concert was given
by the Schubert Male Quartette and the I'm
perial Mandolin and Guitar Club of Port
land.
Among the late arrivals from Portland are
Rev. n. L. Whitaker, Samuel Fogg and wife,
Miss G. X. Mcclellan, G. B. Strout and wife.